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SUMMARY:QUACO PCP OPEN MARKET CONSULTATION
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160330T063000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The QUACO project draws together several research infrastructu
res with similar technical requirements in magnet development. By pooling
efforts on technological requirements and using their experience from prio
r procurements\, the partners in QUACO will act as a single buyer group. T
he pre-competitive procurement (PCP) instrument used in this project will
thus take away the mismatch between the high-end R&D effort and the existi
ng market and allow large and small specialised companies to increase the
speed of their own research and technology development\n\nThe QUACO partne
rs are:\n\n\n Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies alte
rnatives (CEA)\, France\,\n European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN)\, Switzerland\,\n Centro De Investigaciones Energeticas\, Medioa
mbientales Y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT)\, Spain and\n Narodowe Centrum Badan
Jadrowych (NCBJ)\, Poland\n\n\nThe scope is to procure 2 pilot 3\,8 m q
uadrupole magnets (Q4) with two 90 mm aperture\, an integrated gradient of
440T with 120T/m in the transverse plane\, with operational temperature
of 1.9K that will be installed in the HL-LHC matching sections. More tech
nical information can be found on this link \n\nCERN will act as the lead
procurer that will coordinate and lead the joint procurement in the name a
nd on behalf of the aforementioned organisations.\n\nThis procurement will
take the form of a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) that has started on 1
March 2016 and will end in February 2020. The PCP will award R&D services
contracts to a number of R&D providers in parallel to compare competing a
lternative solution approaches. This will be done in a phased approach wit
h a framework agreement that covers 3 R&D phases (solution design\, protot
yping\, pilot deployments made available to end users from the research co
mmunities supported by the buyers group) with intermediate evaluations aft
er each phase that will progressively select the best competing solutions
that will be offered a specific contract for the next phase. Testing of th
e prototypes is expected to take place at CERN by experts and end-users an
d in this way the PCP will provide a first customer test reference to part
icipating R&D providers.\n\nInterested parties are invited to attend an op
en market consultation which will be held in Geneva on 30 march 2016. At
the open market consultation\, attendees will be provided with an overvie
w on the project objectives\, the PCP process and key contract clauses and
will have an opportunity to pose questions.\n\nInterested parties are req
uested to register for the event by 18th March 2016 at the latest by regi
stering here. Available places will be allocated on a first-come-first-se
rved basis. The event can also be followed online via a webcast for regist
ered participants.\n\nParticipation of interested parties to the open mark
et consultation is ensured in English.\n\nParticipation to the open market
consultation is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process an
d is not a prerequisite for participation in any subsequent procurement.
All information provided to participants during the open market consultati
on (including Q&A) and the proceedings of the open market consultation wil
l be published online in English afterwards on this site.\n\nYou can acc
ess the Prior Information Notice (PIN) here\n\nFollow us on Twitter htt
ps://twitter.com/HL_LHC_QUACO\n\n \n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/469612
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LOCATION:CERN 30-7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/469612/
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